Example Sentences

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Her director, the comic Bo Burnham, had been emphasizing the same point: clarity, structure, clarity, structure.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2022

Bach had been emphasizing that life was returning to normal in Japan, which has not been hit as hard by the virus as China, Italy, Spain and the United States.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2020

On Wednesday, it released a statement saying that it had been emphasizing to customers that those with electricity-dependent medical needs should call 911 if they are in a life-threatening situation.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2017

For most of this week, members had been emphasizing that essential health benefits were the key to their votes.

From Slate • Mar. 23, 2017

In certain countries the churches had been emphasizing the personal and private virtues of sobriety, chastity, kindliness and the like; they had been preparing the souls of men for residence in a blessed Hereafter.

From Religion and the War by Various